Evaluation of a patient safety programme on Surgical Safety Checklist compliance: a prospective longitudinal study.
Gillespie BM, Harbeck EL, Lavin J, et al. Evaluation of a patient safety programme on Surgical Safety Checklist Compliance: a prospective longitudinal study. BMJ Open Qual. 2018;7(3):e000362. doi:10.1136/bmjoq-2018-000362.
Checklists like the Universal Protocol are a widely accepted strategy for reducing wrong site, wrong procedure, and wrong patient surgeries. The authors describe a campaign that improved checklist participation and completion in an academic hospital in Australia. A PSNet interview with Lucian Leape explored the challenges of achieving robust and universal use of checklists.